Blood For Blood

I'm so conflicted about this book so let's do pros and cons. Bad news first.

Cons:
I feel like this book could have been so much shorter. The copy I read was about 480 pages and I feel like this could have been condensed to 250-300. The first 300 pages are “journey,” the characters traveling from one place to another. And I was so bored. I was dying for them to just get there so the story could move on. Because there's no story in travel. I feel like it's just obstacles put in the way that I'm bored by because I KNOW they're going to overcome them and get to the destination, that's the point. So I really didn't enjoy the first two thirds of the book and feel like it could have been MUCH shorter and I would have enjoyed it more.

Pros:
I loved that some characters joined the resistance and were welcomed. It made me think about how these days people act like everything is “theirs” because they knew it, liked it, were part of it first. And they never allow other people to grow and learn and join them without a fight. I really appreciated what the author did with that aspect of the story.

Luka's meeting with real Adele, finally. I've been waiting for this forever and wasn't disappointed.
That's all I'll say.

I have more thoughts but I'm not going to include them because they're spoilery! I wanted so much to know more about real Adele. I wish that we had known more about her either in the beginning of this book or the end of Wolf by Wolf. I know that Iron to Iron has more info about her and I'm looking forward to reading that for that reason, but I wish it was included in the main duology. It felt missing.


3.5/5 stars, rounded up.

Would I recommend?
Did you read and enjoy Wolf by Wolf? Then yes, fam, you gotta find out what happens.